Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-08

The case OF the State against rilman G..
Justice, charged with the oiT1nse OF muir
/ dering James Goddard. an old man 70
years old, is row being tried in Towns
county. Old man Goddard lived with
. his vile III the mountains east of Hi
! WaSSee, about twelve miles. One Of mis-
, nearest neighbors was The defendant,
! ltlman &. Justice, who has a wife aud
several children. A feud had existed for
! some time between the defendant aud the
/ deceased about road which passes
! through the defendants land. This to-
! geiner with the fact that the defendant
! had been Informed and believed that tue
deceased had reported him Tor violating
the internal revenue laws, and being
hred with liquor is supposed to be he
cause for the killing.
John 2. Harvey, who sent in his appli-
cation for the Brunswick misunderstanding,
| has received word that it, was
bis. He Immediately telegraphed back
declining it. Mr. Harvey informs us that
ms reason Tor doing SO was because upon
hGurlng the expenses OF The office ne
tOand 1t would cost about S400more to run
IL than the salary allowed by the govern
ment. Parties who are posted say that the
Postmaster will he obliged to hire two
clerks, and by the time their salaries are
paid, together with Office and box rent,
there is nothing left tor the Postmaster
but the responsibility 10 bear, while he
Is Obliged to Rive $4,000 bond. 1t is
clear that the government will have to
Increase the salary to double what it is
at present to make The office worth
having.
d. Z. Phillips, ofAlbany, has a curiosi-
ty which he secured last week from an
ODD gentleman in Appling county. 1t
was found IN large dense swamp in that
county known as the Deyips woodward,
and appears la the form of an implement
OF war OF a very ancient make. This
curious Weapon-if weapon 1t be, though
tons hardly seems probable from the fact
That 1t appears to he OF brass or some
Kindred metal-has blade 8 inches IN
length and Ia inches broad
ut the widest part. The
handle or butt shows on each
side face and crown, and over the blade
curve two quantity carved guards. AT
nrst sight 1t appears to nave been an
ancieGt dagger, but evidences of having
been broken from some connecting part
supports the beIief that it formed the top
OF flagstaff or the point Of lance,
t1ourh possibly 1t may have been an
ornament on some chariot, or something
OF that kind. But the hacks and cuts
upon the blade show plainly that the in
strument has been subjected to some
rough usage.
E. b. Pike, oil Wilmington, VT, arrived
in Brunswick Wednesday via the New
York steamer. He was met at the wharf
by stranger who represented himself TO
be citizen OF Brunswick. The stranger
asked MIR. Pike il he would like to 'see
the city," to which he naturally replied,
yes" He was shown the large ariesian
well and photograph of Lovers Oak,
and asked il he would like to see the oak.
Mr.. Pike again replied IN the affirmative,
and they started Tor the oak. ON their
arrival they were met by two men, botn
strangers TO Mr.. Pike. After an introduce
tion the party were invited to house some
distance away, and when they arrived
game of cards was suggested by one OF
The crowd. Dir. Pike here began to see
the situation. but knew If he refused the
money would be taken away from him, so
be said he would go s. on one game, and
he put his hand in MIS- pocket and drew
out hIs pocket-bo book. AS he did this one
OF the men took it from his hand and all
three ran away. Mr.. Pike followed the
robbers for some distance, but soon they
lodged him in the woods. Mr.. Pike saws
his pocket-book contained from $50 to $50.